US-based satellite internet company Starlink has moved to block the use of its services in Uganda, following directives from the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Starlink, which is locally represented by Starlink Global Internet Services Uganda Ltd (Starlink Uganda), says its satellite internet services have been operating illegally in the country
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Kwesiga David, Quesi MD showing Stanbic's Mwogeza the details of Quesi property In a move aimed at lowering long-standing barriers to home ownership for working Ugandans, Stanbic Bank Uganda and Quesi Properties have entered a strategic partnership to deliver La Valle Estate, a planned residential development in Kasanje designed to
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A fuel tanker on display during the launch of UNOC’s bulk fuel import initiative/Business Focus photo. In a high-stakes decision taken against a backdrop of swelling public debt, Parliament has sanctioned UNOC’s plan to borrow USD 2 billion (about UGX 7.11 trillion) from global energy trader Vitol Bahrain. The proposed
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The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi, speaking in Parliament Makerere University’s Science, Technology and Innovation Education (STIE) is expected to progress into modernity, following Parliament’s approval of a US$162 million (UGX575.62bn) loan to finance the project. Parliament approved the loan from
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About 7.5 million adult Ugandans don’t have a phone Poverty, lack of access of electricity, cultural norms and high cost of gadgets have been cited as the main challenges hampering Ugandans from owning phones. An estimated 7.5million adult Ugandans don’t have any mobile, according to Uganda Communications Commission’s Annual Communications
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Joshua Lukaye, an Assistant Commissioner at the Ministry of Energy The government is ready to file a defense in a court case in which a Congolese civil society group and fishermen sued Uganda, DRC, and the EAC Secretary General, over oil and gas developments in the Albertine Graben. The group
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Tony Otoa, the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at National Oil Company (UNOC) and Zakaria Lubega of CNOOC at a dialogue. Photo by ACCODE Ugandans will have to wait much longer before they see the country’s refined petroleum products, as the Uganda National Oil Company confirms that the planned refinery in
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Participants in a group photo after the seminar Uganda Airlines, in partnership with Boeing, has successfully hosted The Future Starts with You – Aviation & Youth Seminar, a landmark initiative aimed at connecting Ugandan students with global aviation career pathways. Held at Makerere University’s School of Food Technology, Nutrition, and
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Dr Jimmy Mugerwa - Project Director at the IEC delivers the keynote address on day 2 As the 6th Annual National Content Conference entered its final day, Ugandan enterprises supplying or seeking to supply goods and services to the oil and gas sector were urged to broaden their horizons and
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Earnest Rubondo, Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda The Executive Director of Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), Earnest Rebondo, says Ugandans should not look at the specific day when oil will start flowing out of the wells at the Kingfisher and Tilenga projects in the Albertine Graben. While
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